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Publication - Statistics

Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics 2015

Published
29 September 2016
ISBN
9781786524300

Details of landings of sea fish, the Scottish fishing fleet and the number of sea fishermen employed.

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Table 1.1.k Quantity and value of landings by all UK vessels into Scotland, by main species 1: 2011 to 2015

Quantity (tonnes) Value (£'000)
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
UK vessels
Landings into Scotland
Bass 0 0 2 1 0 2 2 11 5 3
Black scabbardfish 36 34 57 112 127 90 69 105 150 161
Brill 2 3 4 4 6 7 11 20 16 27
Cod 10,995 11,087 11,925 12,893 13,990 24,162 21,801 23,467 25,857 27,173
Haddock 25,538 30,925 36,726 34,137 30,878 31,775 32,316 40,952 47,369 42,131
Hake 6,064 5,674 5,536 7,508 7,405 11,365 12,167 14,251 17,790 18,382
Lemon sole 564 526 692 686 687 1,612 1,373 1,908 2,121 2,356
Ling 3,774 3,714 3,662 3,970 3,848 5,620 5,235 5,050 4,940 4,951
Megrims 2,165 2,054 2,211 2,029 1,801 7,073 5,488 5,325 5,226 4,240
Monkfish 7,942 6,562 6,453 7,637 10,347 27,593 21,042 19,326 21,931 25,076
Plaice 773 941 1,676 1,367 1,688 627 777 1,307 1,058 1,195
Pollack 483 457 416 359 543 1,122 976 821 703 974
Saithe 12,485 10,809 12,705 11,009 9,763 13,147 11,147 10,757 10,032 8,389
Skates and rays 543 516 538 586 594 575 450 474 513 500
Sole 3 4 2 4 3 24 20 11 21 17
Turbot 48 43 49 50 63 424 342 405 418 513
Whiting 7,924 8,852 10,054 9,315 9,099 9,783 9,481 10,164 10,471 9,836
Other demersal 2,162 2,192 2,826 2,766 2,948 3,809 3,232 3,886 3,547 4,713
Total demersal 81,503 84,393 95,534 94,432 93,790 138,807 125,928 138,243 152,169 150,636
Blue whiting 1,324 6,301 8,165 9,687 12,150 595 1,732 1,818 1,266 1,994
Herring 25,326 32,617 29,033 31,308 32,086 12,794 16,090 10,941 8,542 11,343
Horse mackerel 2,215 1,321 588 763 699 1,183 728 333 445 484
Mackerel 89,142 63,230 75,130 122,128 90,602 101,640 59,127 67,041 99,898 57,476
Other pelagic 510 1,764 968 1,540 1,060 115 406 225 370 249
Total pelagic 118,516 105,232 113,884 165,426 136,597 116,328 78,083 80,359 110,520 71,546
Cockles 4 5 0 0 0 9 10 0 0 0
Cuttlefish 0 - 0 - 1 0 - 0 - 1
Edible crabs 11,953 10,871 10,909 12,367 11,119 14,303 13,193 13,809 16,187 14,194
Lobsters 1,240 1,129 1,029 1,220 1,046 13,174 11,760 10,641 12,555 11,054
Nephrops 24,356 21,845 17,894 20,182 16,062 86,743 82,134 61,669 73,126 59,185
Queen scallops 9,357 7,540 5,368 3,123 3,361 3,775 3,109 3,051 1,467 1,883
Scallops 7,799 10,451 12,456 10,632 10,719 15,657 20,657 23,406 22,131 22,808
Squid 2,168 1,413 1,156 2,164 1,277 8,509 4,322 4,149 6,198 4,190
Velvet crabs 2,198 2,041 1,577 1,659 1,487 5,820 4,885 3,992 4,132 3,770
Whelks 239 354 677 862 1,128 138 221 483 683 937
Other shellfish 1,221 1,452 1,611 862 630 2,653 3,260 3,899 2,109 2,031
Total shellfish 60,535 57,100 52,676 53,069 46,829 150,781 143,553 125,100 138,588 120,054
Total landings 260,554 246,725 262,094 312,927 277,216 405,917 347,563 343,702 401,277 342,235

(1) Main species are those where the total value landed into the UK or by UK vessels abroad was £2m or more in 2015.

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